story: Pope Benedict XVI (; ; ; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger; ; born 16 April 1927) served as Pope from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. Benedict's election occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. Since his resignation, Benedict holds the title Pope Emeritus. 
  
  Ordained as a priest in 1951 in his native Bavaria, Ratzinger established himself as a highly regarded university theologian by the late 1950s and was appointed a full professor in 1958. After a long career as an academic and professor of theology at several German universities, he was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising and Cardinal by Pope Paul VI in 1977, an unusual promotion for someone with little pastoral experience. In 1981, he was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, one of the most important dicasteries of the Roman Curia. From 2002 until his election as Pope, he was also Dean of the College of Cardinals. Prior to becoming Pope, he was "a major figure on the Vatican stage for a quarter of a century"; he had an influence "second to none when it came to setting church priorities and directions" as one of John Paul II's closest confidants.
questions: When did he resign?
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answers: in 2013
answers: until his resignation in 2013
answers: Pope
answers: Pope Benedict XVI
answers: the 16th
answers: born 16 April
answers: Aloisius
answers: born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
answers: John Paul II
answers: as one of John Paul II's closest confidant
answers: Archbishop of Munich and Freising and Cardinal
answers: After a long career as an academic and professor of theology at several German universities, he was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising and Cardinal
answers: no
answers: an unusual promotion for someone with little pastoral experience
answers: theologian
answers: a highly regarded university theologian
answers: Eight
answers: served as Pope from 2005 until his resignation in 2013
answers: Bavaria
answers: in his native Bavaria
answers: Pope John Paul II
answers:  that followed the death of Pope John Paul II
answers: 1927
answers: born 16 April 1927
answers: Ratzinger
answers: born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger